AB-695 - An act to amend Section 27803 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

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So who do we start emailing, calling and mailing. Is it the transportation committee or appropriatiations? Many of us are eager to start the fight. May i say a BIG "Thank You " to ABATE for getting this one started.
Now we all together join the fight and maybe something can be accomplished.
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This is the text of the bill
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_695_bill_20110217_introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 695 INTRODUCED


BILL TEXT

INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Norby
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
An act to amend Section 27803 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 695, as introduced, Norby. Vehicles: motorcycles: safety

helmets: exceptions.

Existing law requires a driver and a passenger to wear a safety

helmet meeting certain requirements when riding on a motorcycle,

motor-driven cycle, or motorized bicycle.

This bill would exempt from this requirement a driver who is 18

years of age or older who has either completed a motorcyclist safety

training program, or has been authorized to operate a vehicle

pursuant to a valid class M1 license or endorsement, or a comparable

license from another jurisdiction, for 2 years or more.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.

State-mandated local program: no.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Section 27803 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:

27803. (a) A Except as provided in

subdivision (g), a driver and any a

passenger shall wear a safety helmet meeting requirements

established pursuant to Section 27802 when riding on a motorcycle,

motor-driven cycle, or motorized bicycle.

(b) It is unlawful to operate a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or

motorized bicycle if the driver or any a

passenger is not wearing a safety helmet as required by

subdivision (a).

(c) It is unlawful to ride as a passenger on a motorcycle,

motor-driven cycles cycle , or

motorized bicycle if the driver or any a

passenger is not wearing a safety helmet as required by

subdivision (a).

(d) This section applies to persons a

person who are is riding on

motorcycles, motor-driven cycles, or motorized bicycles

a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or motorized bicycle

operated on the highways.

(e) For the purposes of this section, "wear a safety helmet" or

"wearing a safety helmet" means having a safety helmet meeting the

requirements of Section 27802 on the person's head that is fastened

with the helmet straps and that is of a size that fits the wearing

person's head securely without excessive lateral or vertical

movement.

(f) This section does not apply to a person operating, or riding

as a passenger in, a fully enclosed three-wheeled motor vehicle that

is not less than seven feet in length and not less than four feet in

width, and has an unladen weight of 900 pounds or more, if the

vehicle meets or exceeds all of the requirements of this code, the

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, and the rules and regulations

adopted by the United States Department of Transportation and the

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

(g) This section does not apply to a

driver who is 18 years of age or older and meets either of the

following requirements:

(1) Has completed a motorcyclist safety

training program that complies with Section 2932.

(2) Has been authorized to operate a

vehicle pursuant to a valid class M1 license or endorsement, or a

comparable license from another jurisdiction, for two years or more.
(g)

(h) In enacting this section, it is the intent of the

Legislature to ensure that all persons are provided with an

additional safety benefit while operating or riding a motorcycle,

motor-driven cycle, or motorized bicycle.